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quickwitted

English

Etymology

quick +? witted

Adjective

quickwitted (comparative more quickwitted, superlative most quickwitted)

  1. Alternative spelling of quick-witted

Derived terms

  • quickwittedly
  • quickwittedness

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ingenious

English

Alternative forms

  • engenious (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ingénieux, from Old French engenious, from Latin ingeni?sus (“endowed with good natural capacity, gifted with genius”), from ingenium (“innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius”), from in- (“in”) +? gignere (“to produce”), Old Latin genere. See also engine.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?d?i?nj?s/, /?n?d?i?ni?s/
  • Rhymes: -i?ni?s
  • Hyphenation: in?ge?nious

Adjective

ingenious (comparative more ingenious, superlative most ingenious)

  1. (of a person) Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent.
  2. (of a thing) Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived.
  3. Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with ingenuous.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:witty
  • See also Thesaurus:intelligent

Related terms

Translations

References

  • ingenious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • ingenious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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